The file cdawdm.sys, known as cdawdm, belongs to software Far Stone VirtualDrive by Far Stone. Far Stone VirtualDrive 15 Pro is virtual CD/DVD emulation, managing, and burning software. It can produce disk image files from DVDs, CDs, and Blu-Ray discs, and play these from any of the twenty-three virtual drives that can be created out of the user's system. This application provides a fast and responsive CD/DVD playback without leaving any wear and tear on the CD/DVD. VirtualDrive offers an intuitive and easy to use interface that makes the functions available with a single click. The easy access features include wizards for creating and burning disc images and cloning or erasing discs. Users can enjoy multiple disc play by pre-loading up to twenty-three virtual discs and toggle back and forth between games or virtual CD volumes without having to wait for physical discs to spin up. VirtualDrive does not support CSS encrypted DVD movies but is capable of creating DVD video from any movie files such as mpeg and avi.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. cdawdm.sys. is used by Far Stone VirtualDrive, If you shut down cdawdm.sys, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop cdawdm.sys, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Far Stone VirtualDrive, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed cdawdm.sys

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Far Stone VirtualDrive, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if cdawdm.sys. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that cdawdm.sys, belongs to, in this case Far Stone VirtualDrive